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Port Elizabeth of Yore: My Second Great Uncle’s Reminiscences of the 1870s

By Dean McCleland in Port Elizabeth of Yore 11 August 2019 0 Comment

Balfour Turton Dix-Peek (1868-1932) was one of the sons of my maternal great-great grandfather, George Dix-Peek, thus aking him my second great uncle. In these letters by Arthur to his great-niece Anita, (and thus a cousin of mine) in 1931 and 1932, he elaborates what life was like in Port Elizabeth during the 1870s i.e. when he was very young

Main picture: Market Square in 1874

George Dix-Peek: Port Elizabeth’s First Architect [1839-1901]

By Dean McCleland in Other Family Histories, Port Elizabeth of Yore 12 August 2016 0 Comment

A lasting legacy has been left by George Dix-Peek in his adopted town of Port Elizabeth in the form of some well-known buildings. Ironically his grandson, Milton Dix-Peek, also had ambitions of becoming an architect but WW2 intruded in his studies. Sadly, after the war he did not resume his studies.

Main picture: George Dix-Peek circa 1874 in colonial military attire

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Port Elizabeth of Yore: My Second Great Uncle’s Reminiscences of the 1870s

George Dix-Peek: Port Elizabeth’s First Architect [1839-1901]

A lasting legacy has been left by George Dix-Peek in his adopted town of Port Elizabeth in the form of some well-known buildings. Ironically his grandson, Milton Dix-Peek, also had ambitions of becoming an architect but WW2 intruded in his studies. Sadly, after the war he did not resume his studies.